To all whom it mat concern



n'trh tatrs. atrnt 'ffirr J. T. BALTIMQRE, 'OF MARB'LE. ROCK, Iowa.

mam Patent No. 72,780, amd Decembe- `8`1, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUI'TIVATORS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MA YICONOERN:

i Be it known that I, J. T. BnL'rIM-onn, of Marble Rock, in the county of Floyd, and State of Iowa, have inventtd-v certain'new and useful Improvements in Cnltivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description .thereof, reference being had to the aceompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference max-kod thereon, like letters indicating like parts. wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invcntion, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention relates' to ciiltivat'ors, and consists of' a new and improved method of moving some ofthe shovels laterally, at will, by the operator, so as to work them Iconveniently between the p'lantS, as desired. In the drawings- Figure 1 is a `front view, with 'part in section, on the line a: x of 2-, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal Vertical section 'on the line y y of fig. 1,

I constructlmy cultivator in the form generally adopted when horses are used for drawing them, by placing two wheels, A, on'the stale-.tree B, and attaching thereto rigidly the frame O, as shown'in figs. 1 and 2. On

the rear' end of the frame O, I mount the seat D, fo1` the driver, as shown in fig. 2, andunder the cross-bar a of the frame O, Ilattach the double-tree 6; and to each end of the double-tree 6, I attach, by means of a hook or other convenient device, the iron rods c. These rods c run to the opposite or front ends of the frame O, and through the lower ends of the pendent arms d, to which they are pivoted by. any suitable means, as shown in fig. The upper ends of the pendent arms d, I pivot 'to thefront ends of the frame C, so as to allow them to swing or move easily. The iron rods c, I make long enough for the con-venicnt attachment of singletreesf, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. Near the front nds of each side of the frame O, `'and to their underlside,

I frame the arms'E, and to the 'same sides of the frame C, just behind the axle-tree B, I frame or connect rigidly, in any suitable manner, the'slotted arms F, as shown in fig. To the lower. ends of the arms E, I hinge the beams G, as shown in fig. The beams G, I make long enough to extend to the rear end of the cultivator, through the slotted arms F, as shown in fig. 1. To the inner and oppositeisides of the beams G, and at right angles' to those sides, I attach rigidlyv the arms g, and between these arms g, I place the bars H, having their bearings 'in the arms g, so .as to turn easily in these bearings, as shown in fig. 2. To the bars H, I attach the shovels V7t, as shown in fig. 2, so that they will move laterally when the bars H turn in their bearings, as shown by the red lines in fig, 1. To the 'samemovable bars H, yI connect the uprights I, the upper ends of which I pass through slots in the cross-bar K, and connect them by'the bolts z', so as to form a joint. These slots I make long enough to change 'the point 'of connection to the points k, when it is desired to adjust the shovels h so as to cultivate eloser to the plants. On' the upper'sides of the. sidepieces of the frame 0,'

arid with their bearings' upon them, I place the elbowed lev'ers L, bent as shown in figs.1 and 2. The upper ends of the elbow-l'evers L are connected to the cross-bar M, so a's to have a joint at their pnoint of connection, and lso as to allow the cross-bar M to stand above the cross-bar K. Theheight or di'stance of the cross-bar M above the cross-bar K, is determined by the lengthofthe upright part of the levers L. To the middle of the under side of the cross-bal- M, I connect the arm N rigidly, the lower end of which enters loosely into a mortise in the cross-bar K, for the purpose of 'moving it laterally, as shown in fig. 1. On the under side of the frame C, and near its rear end, I place transversely with the frame the small shaft O, having two arms, P, and lever m' attached. The arms P are immediately over the beams G, and are` connected with them by the chains n. The lever m is hcld in any desiredv position by means of a pin or otherconvenient device for catch ing into the curved ratchetp, which is rigidly. attached to the side'of the frame G, as shown in fig. 2. My cultivator is operated by the driver, monnted` in the seat D. In the drawings, two shovels are shown as attached to the heams G, and two to the bars H. The driver places'his feet on the levers L, one on each, and moves the lever 'm with his hand. Whenever he desires 'to move the shovels h laterally, he has only to press down one of the levers, when the shovels take the position'shown by the red lines in fig. 1, By press-' ing down upon the other lever, L, they may bev brought into a perpendicular positiornor be carried laterally over in the opposite 'directiom By, means of the two cross-bars M and K, and their connections, as dcscribed, I am able to give the shovels a greater or wider lateral movement than they would have bythe use of only one cross-bar. With my eultivator used in this way I am able to cultivate the ground thoroughly. By the use of the lever m, I con raise-the shovel completely from the ground, and hold them up, while the eultiva'tor is not wanted for use or is being moved, and then the shovels will not intert'ere-with the soil. I

Having thus (lescribed my invention, what claim, is-

1. The combination of the beams G, pivoted at their front ends to'the arms'E of the frame C, and pnssing through the slotted arms F, with the beams H, pivotcd to their inner sides, substantially as' clescrihed.l

2. The combination of'the elbow-levers L, cross-bars M and K, With the stanclard I, eopneeted to the beams, and ax'i'anged for Operating the shovels, substantally as decribed.

' J. T. BALTIMORE.

Witnesses:

WARREN BooN, i B. F. WRIGHT; 

